Spur, TX 79370 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Spur, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 209 frost-free days later.
Spur sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Spur before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Spur's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Spur compares
About 209 days separate Spur's last and first frost, putting it 15,338 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,417 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Spur's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Spur's dates instead of trusting one.